If you don’t know “Genghis” was, you should.
Australian Kan Offley (11-2-1), a top featherweight prospect who was fighting all over the world, credits mixed martial arts for keeping him out of jail, or worse.
“It’s not easy out there,” Offley told Cageside Press in a recent exclusive interview. “If you don’t have a support network, you don’t have a good family, you don’t have any blood education or anything behind you, life can be really hard. I’m really grateful that MMA has given me the opportunity to stick to a sport, stay healthy, meet amazing people, and travel.” I am blessed.”
Later, he would have put it more succinctly. “I’m not competing. I’m fighting for my life.”
Olvi scores his biggest win yet, which sees him win the HEX Featherweight Championship with a third round submission to Garrett Wilbraham. It wasn’t an easy victory, not only because of what happened in the cage, but because of what Olvi was going through outside of it.
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At the time, Ofli was helping his teammates prepare for their fights while being sad at the same time. “sa I He was in supports situation, instead of from fights situation. And a A few weeks king Passed by And Things Kindly to king Settlement under. And this when Raja [Shippen] Owns injured, And the an opportunity came higher. And this when He. She Just Poetry Likes Saucepan And Poetry Likes that He was the right something to Do.”
Olfi chose to step in and replace Shippen in the HEX battle, and the rest is history. But the Australian knew he was rolling the dice by fighting back.
“He. She He was a a little to a risk on for me to hand in to Takes that fights, or to fights short notice, in general. the fact that I on a Present eight fights Wins Effect, Seven finishes I no He thinks there anyone in australia or new zealand that he have Owns for me Honors, ”Olvey noted. Especially since Garrett Wilbraham was training with Alexander Volkanovski, which helped him prepare for the fight against Islam Makhachev.
From now on, Kan Olvi does not plan to take his foot off the gas. After stopping in Brave CF, UAE Warriors, Eternal MMA, and now HEX, he wants to stay active, and hopefully that means landing Dana White Rivalry Series this summer. The target is the UFC, and Olvi thinks he’s stacking up really well against the talent there.
“I Just 29 years old man. And I have He was a job this to 10 years, I have In reality He was a job this like long like youths that We are currently in the UFC in the Moment. So when I broke down the the next level, that being the UFC, I no He thinks that I Going to He is suspended around, In the minimum divisions or the minimum Categories to also Olvi told us. “I Believes that I a summit 10, summit 15 fighter actually now. So in the the next four years, I no be seen myself Kindly to slowing down under.”
Watch our full interview with featherweight Olvi Kane above.